Fanning Springs State Park

The Fanning Springs State Park is a state park in Florida in the United States and is located on Route U.S. 19/98 in Fanning Springs, about seven miles north-west of Chiefland in Levy County. He is under management of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Location and nature

The park of about 80 hectares size is due to a crystal clear river, which empties into the Suwannee River to just ¼ mile. The sources bring out 235 million liters of water daily. Since 1997, the Fanning Springs State Park on Florida Park Service is managed. There are short ways to the Suwannee River, through the tropical - lead dense vegetation. Around the sources, there is swimming, sunbathing and barbecue areas. For overnight guests there are cabins ( cabins ) are available. Likewise canoes at, with which one can paddle on the calm Suwannee River.

Special

If manatees occur in the waters, bathing may be temporarily restricted in order not to disturb the animals. For safety reasons, swimming is not permitted after heavy rains with concomitant turbidity of the source water as well.

History

At this tropical style place already settled 14,000 years ago Paleo - Indians. The town owes its existence to the Fanning Springs Seminole War 2: 1838 Fort Fanning was built here. Only built of wood and did not survive the ages. By 1900, operated on the Suwannee River steamboats that transported mainly wood and cotton. After 1900, increasingly took over the railroad these services.

Source

• Michael Ivanovsky. www.iwanowski.de, Travelogue - Publisher